Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)

[George P Global Moderator]

I'll need to see more of it before I can say anything.  I'm all for trying out and seeing new designs though.  It'd help if there's some lore/canon tied to the shape specifically as well.

[+primortal Subscriber²]

Another stellar episode..

[George P Global Moderator]

It's interesting how we can do such a extreme 180 from one week to the next.  Episode before was light hearted fun and now we're into the dark and heavy side of PTSD and war.   Solid season so far for sure.  Episode 9 sounds like it's the rumored musical ep,  not something I'm exactly looking forward to tbh but we'll see how it goes.

[ThePhoenix]

I shall only say this...

[FloatingFatMan]

On 03/08/2023 at 19:45, ThePhoenix said:

I shall only say this...

What the hell did I just watch?!?!? 😕

[dwd999]

Gene Roddenberry is spinning in his grave.

[+BudMan MVC]

Not a fan of the episode.. But some of the lyrics were not horrible.  Some effort for sure went into it, but come on.. 

I liked the reference to Julia Child when he was making the Beef Bourguignon

 

[Steven P. Administrators]

Yeah not my favorite episode, and some scenes looked uncomfortable for Anson Mount heh.

[Matthew S.]

So I’m gonna be the odd one out, I quite enjoyed this one. 

[+primortal Subscriber²]

On 03/08/2023 at 20:08, Matthew S. said:

So I’m gonna be the odd one out, I quite enjoyed this one. 

Add me as another odd ball.  I quite enjoyed the episode.

Spoiler

Nice tie back to the Wrath of Khan in Kirk mentioning that Carol (Marcus) is pregnant.

 

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

I didn’t hate it as much as I thought I was going to. 

[dfuk]

Not at all surprised the Klingons felt dishonoured.

[techbeck]

On 04/08/2023 at 01:14, dfuk said:

Not at all surprised the Klingons felt dishonoured.

 

Yea... Was not expecting that

[+primortal Subscriber²]

On 04/08/2023 at 04:14, dfuk said:

Not at all surprised the Klingons felt dishonoured.

 

FYI, the actor who played the Klingon captain is the same actor who played Hemmer.

[C:Amie]

Someone please put me out of my misery. Please.

 

May I suggest a Thunderbirds style puppet theatre or a Muppets crossover for next series? 😩

[+primortal Subscriber²]

On 04/08/2023 at 16:07, C:Amie said:

Someone please put me out of my misery. Please.

You could listen to the album 😛

 

[xpablo]

Well I'm not a fan of Musicals at all, I didn't even watch the whole episode, I shut it off,  half way through the episode,

 

[Nogib]

This episode definitely wasn't for me.  But hey, I still applaud them for doing something different.  I did get a good laugh from the Klingons at least.

[C:Amie]

On 04/08/2023 at 21:13, primortal said:

You could listen to the album 😛

 

You're so mean! I'm going to unleash the mods on you! 😋

 

The only thing I can think of was that this was a beta test to get around the writers strike. Think about it: if they can get away with airing some random teenager's fan-fic, twice in a series, they clearly do not need writers and thus the future of Star Trek lies in the rampant imagination of 16-year olds...

[+primortal Subscriber²]

On 05/08/2023 at 03:03, C:Amie said:

You're so mean! I'm going to unleash the mods on you! 😋

 

The only thing I can think of was that this was a beta test to get around the writers strike. Think about it: if they can get away with airing some random teenager's fan-fic, twice in a series, they clearly do not need writers and thus the future of Star Trek lies in the rampant imagination of 16-year olds...

Only reality shows can get away with “writing/acting”  during a strike.  Besides this was film back when they were filming season 1.

[C:Amie]

On 05/08/2023 at 16:09, primortal said:

Only reality shows can get away with “writing/acting”  during a strike.  Besides this was film back when they were filming season 1.

I was being facetious 🤣

[Pork Chopper]

Coming to Broadway... Star Trek - The Musical.

[+Steve B Subscriber²]

On 01/08/2023 at 11:21, George P said:

It's interesting how we can do such a extreme 180 from one week to the next.  Episode before was light hearted fun and now we're into the dark and heavy side of PTSD and war.   Solid season so far for sure.  Episode 9 sounds like it's the rumored musical ep,  not something I'm exactly looking forward to tbh but we'll see how it goes.

I don't plan on watching episode 9.  I hate musicals and for me, just seems out of place.  

[WaynesWorld]

This silliness has to stop......

Going where no man has gone before is one thing, but this silly-assed musical episode is what happens when you start screwing around with ###### that you have absolutely ZERO idea about what it is, where it came from, why it exists, who or what created it, how long it's been there, how long will it remain etc etc ect...shall I continue ?

And since Pelia was the one who suggested using musical signals and is responsible for the consequences, either get her dumb ass of the show or give her half a brain & something more constructive to do.... you would have that someone who has been around as long as she has would have either known about the "fold" thing already, or at least would have known better than to go screwing around with it.........

I'm pretty sure Gene's vision of the future did NOT include crap episodes like this, but he couldn't have predicted the writer's strike either, so there's that

[+primortal Subscriber²]

On 07/08/2023 at 20:56, WaynesWorld said:

And since Pelia was the one who suggested using musical signals and is responsible for the consequences, either get her dumb ass of the show or give her half a brain & something more constructive to do.... you would have that someone who has been around as long as she has would have either known about the "fold" thing already, or at least would have known better than to go screwing around with it.........

She only suggested music because Uhura was humming a song.  Want to blame anyone blame her and her song selection  

To me the singing only emphasized the emotional “baggage” they’re carrying and how it impacts them.